TeeJay Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'd like to propose a new ongoing wristshot thread, but along a specific theme: Night out 'action' wristies. No stock photos, only fresh 'at the venue' pics taken while on a night out, and maybe a little write up about the event I'm going to exercise OP privelage to break the rule and use an old shot, but only because it's the only one I have which is on theme to get the ball rolling... (Of course, Tudor counts as Rolex for the purposes of the thread and general Big Pimpin ) This was taken a while back while out with wifey and her skanksfriends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 I dunno if I'll have anything to offer, it never gets dark up here in the summer. This photo was taken at 9min after midnight on Solstice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utheman Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Until the next time I go out, here's two places it's been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Awesome shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker1981 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 don't really know the policy on posting pictures with faces, so i cut them off... The Daytona isn't in focus, but people who have seen this picture actually comment on my watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Horn Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Until the next time I go out, here's two places it's been I saw U2 on the 14 of October last year. Awesome show and nice looking watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utheman Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Me and the wife were at the Casino last night and here's her $1000 Royal and my $500 Aces... Ka-ching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Freddy- Am I looking at the Beatles in that picture? I think the night picture concept is a good one except that I don't know how to take a night picture. Hey, we might get some exciting night club pictures out of this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Freddy- Am I looking at the Beatles in that picture? I think the night picture concept is a good one except that I don't know how to take a night picture. Hey, we might get some exciting night club pictures out of this though. Night shots, especially wrist shots are pretty hard. If you use flash, with the dark background (Streets, countryside, etc.) the flash is going to wash out all the watch details. If you don't use flash, your exposure time is going to be so long the results will generally be blurry. Ideal situation would be in and area where there is enough light on the watch to get short exposure times and not too much that the action in the background is still fairly sharp (like Freddy's "Beetles" shot! Here is mine. Cruise vacation, shot from the ship as we were leaving Curacao. Pretty crappy shot actually. I should have tried this one about 15-30 minutes earlier. Night falls fast in the tropics! What was weird, was the funny contrast on my arm. looks like it is streaked with dirt. It's really clean, just the camera/light combo. I took my MBW Rolex 1680 on this trip, and I was very happy with my selection. It's waterproof enough that I didn't worry about getting it wet, and like all the vintage "plexi's" it's light and comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Am I looking at the Beatles in that picture? Nearly. Read this I think the night picture concept is a good one except that I don't know how to take a night picture. SLRs generally do much better in low light/darkness than a point-&-shoot, which is all I had with me that night. But, in general, to compensate for the lack of light, you increase the camera's ISO (light sensitivity), which I set to 400 (as always, you should practice before taking The Picture so you can balance better light sensitivity vs grain (increased grain is a side-effect of increased ISO)) &/or use a flash. For 'The Beatles', I was too close to use a flash without blinding the group, so I just boosted the ISO & then processed as much of the grain out as I could in my image editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Nearly. Read this SLRs generally do much better in low light/darkness than a point-&-shoot, which is all I had with me that night. But, in general, to compensate for the lack of light, you increase the camera's ISO (light sensitivity), which I set to 400 (as always, you should practice before taking The Picture so you can balance better light sensitivity vs grain (increased grain is a side-effect of increased ISO)) &/or use a flash. For 'The Beatles', I was too close to use a flash without blinding the group, so I just boosted the ISO & then processed as much of the grain out as I could in my image editor. One of the performances on our cruise a couple of weeks ago was a group called "Beetlemania" they were really good, the only one that didn't look the part was "Ringo" who was about 100 pounds heavier than the real Ringo. They packed the theatre and had folks dancing in the isles!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 They packed the theatre and had folks dancing in the isles!! The Beatles, whether real or faux, have been doing that for nearly 50 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Freddy, You are absolutely right. I can say I'm probably one of just a few on this forum that saw them on the first Ed Sullivan show back in 1964! I was in college then and everyone in our dorm turned out to watch them. Little did we know at the time that they were the birth of a new era in music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Little did we know at the time that they were the birth of a new era in music. In fact, I remember standing in my bedroom after returning from the local premier of 'A Hard Day's Night', holding the black & white promo pic of the group & yellow souvenir ticket (both of which I still have here somewhere), wondering if I would still remember these guys (the Beatles) when I was 40 (40, as a young teen, was about as far into the future as I could comprehend). As you probably recall, the prevailing wisdom was that the Beatles, like most pop acts back then, were a fad that would quickly fade & be replaced by the next fad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I was in 8th grade when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. It was huge. My father was appalled! Then came the rest of the 'British Invasion'. I remember teen magazines doing stories like the Dave Clark 5 beating up the Beatles! I guess we were more violent then. In Chicago we were 'greasers'. Had my hair slicked back with a curl in front and a 'DA'. By my freshman year in college most everyone had gone to long hair, bell bottoms and Ty-died shirts. The 1968 Democratic Convention was a huge party right up until the end... On subject, does anyone know where this bar might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 On subject, does anyone know where this bar might be? No idea, but that looks like Grade A American Meat right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Nothing exciting, just long exposure on passing traffic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sly Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Here's mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donerix Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Friday Night above the bay from San Juan (started raining about 10 minutes after the shot): Gotta run to work now ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utheman Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I took my BK Transformer to another Casino yesterday and had a little success... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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